My Move to the Philippines

Philippine Visa

Visas for visiting and living in the Philippines are one of the first things I researched. Legal talk and government regulations are generally hard to read so I researched many of the ex-pat sites especially www.liveinthephilippines.com. I have settled on going with the tourist visa which will permit me to stay in the Philippines for two years at a time if renewed. I don’t plan on staying two years without leaving the country until possibly I get too old to travel. I plan on visiting Hong Kong, Singapore, and Thailand every so often and of course we will visit the states to see our family. But in my later years I will not travel out of the country as often so then it will be a concern.

My second option would be to take advantage of the balikbayan visa which lets former citizens and their spouses stay for one year with a renewal option of one more year. It is not a guarantee that it would be granted to me but from what I read nobody has been turned down.